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done violence to

done violence to is the past participle of do violence to.

Meaning of do violence to

Verb

do violence to (third-person singular simple present does violence to, present participle doing violence to, simple past did violence to, past participle done violence to)

  1. To gravely harm.
    • He starts by stating (in somewhat dated terms) that despite the report's focus on profitability, "none of the proposals put forward here does violence to concepts which others might reasonably have wished to include" -[…].2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 48
    Synonyms:
    damage, wound, abuse, annoy, bewound, damnify, dere, do damage to, do for, do ill

Questions about done violence to

What is done violence to the past participle of?
Done violence to is the past participle of do violence to.

Words near done violence to in the dictionary

  1. done tricks on it
  2. done unto others
  3. done up
  4. done up like a dog's dinner
  5. done up like a kipper
  6. done violence to
  7. done well
  8. done well by doing good
  9. done well for oneself
  10. done with mirrors
  11. done without

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